• Reference
    L30/11/339/16
  • Title
    Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Amabel Polwarth, sent from Upper Brook Street. Writer has taken a tour of Kent with Mrs Cornwallis, parts of which are described. Refers to 'the awful beauty of the sea.' Mentions Ramsgate pier, which cost £150,000 to build. Considers Canterbury an ugly town. In Canterbury Mrs Berkley desired to show the writer everything and everyone, so she was 'in a bustle from 8 in the morning till 12 at night.'
  • Date free text
    18 Jul 1774
  • Production date
    From: 1774 To: 1774
  • Scope and Content
    [Note: It is assumed that the Mrs Cornwallis in the letter refers to Caroline Cornwallis, wife of Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury 1768-1783]
  • Level of description
    item